Lesson history of the cinema Work in pairs. Think when the cinema began and how it is made

2 c Read and say True, False or Not Given.
1) Edward M u yb rid g e is th e fa th e r o f photography.
2) Leland S tanford liked horse riding.
3) M u yb rid g e put 12 cam eras to have 12 im ages from the racetrack.
4 ) The kin e to sco p e w as invented by Thom as Edison.
5) D ickinson cre a te d a m achine that could show 24 im ages in succession.
6 ) W hen you are w atching a m ovie, it is actually many p h o to g ra p h s one 
a fte r the other.
3 a
3 b
Work in pairs. Listen and say
whether this text is a review,
biography or autobiography.
Listen one more time and
choose the correct answer.
4 a Work in pairs. Look at these words.
Do they describe positive or nega­
tive reactions? Write (+) for positive,
(-) for negative.
&
1) C harlie C haplin w as born on 
A pril 1 6 /D e ce m b e r 25.
2) He w as very fam ous in fe a tu re /s ile n f 
m ovies.
3) He started w o rkin g w hen he w as 5 /1 5 .
4) His b ro th e r's nam e w as T ram p/S yd ney.
5) C haplin becam e the firs t a c to r w ho 
appeared in the film C ity L ig h ts/o n the 
cover o f Tim e m agazine.
exciting, te rrib le , silly, frig h te n in g , u ninteresting , b o rin g , stup id, strange, 
in te re stin g , funny, rom antic, ente rta in in g , fan ta stic, em otional
Complete the sentences with the adjectives
in 
4 a .
4 c Work in groups of three. Use some of the
""""" adjectives above to describe films you know.
e.g. A: 
I saw The Lord o f the Rings yeste rday, I liked 
it because it ’ s fantastic.
В: 
I agree. I th in k it's exciting!
C: 
Oh, I d o n 't a g re e /d is a g re e . I think i t ’s boring.
U N IT 5
CINEMA